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So what grade are you in? Second. Tenth grade.[br]First grade. I was in eighth grade when I

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learned to program. I got my first computer[br]when I was in sixth grade. What gets me excited

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is being able to fix people's problems. You[br]can express yourself, you can build things

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from an idea. Computer science is the basis[br]for a lot of the things that college students

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and professionals will do for the next twenty[br]or thirty years. I like programming because

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I like helping people. I get the opportunity[br]to build something that's gonna make people's

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lives easier. I think it's the closest thing[br]we have to a superpower. Getting started is

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the most important part. I'm a beginner myself[br]and I want you to learn with me. I'm John

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Vechey, I'm one of the co-founders of PopCap[br]Games. We make games like Plants vs. Zombies,

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Bejeweled, and Peggle. A lot about games isn't[br]how perfect your code is, it's not how perfect

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your art is, it's about how does it feel and[br]how much fun it is. You can only get that

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sense by trying it, by doing it, by learning[br]and adapting and iterating your own skills

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of making games. Do you have a favorite video[br]game? Well, we're going to take one step towards

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creating games just like that using Play Lab.[br]Good games have a story and every story has

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actors. Actors do things like speak, move,[br]and interact with each other. Maybe even score

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points based on the rules of the game. Today[br]we'll be learning how to do all these things,

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one by one, with Disney's characters like[br]Anna, Elsa, Hiro, Baymax, and Rapunzel. We'll

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build a game from scratch that can be shared[br]and played on a phone. Your screen is split

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into three main parts. On the left is the[br]gamespace, where your program will run. The

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instructions for each level are written below.[br]This middle area is the toolbox, and each

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of these blocks is a piece of code. The white[br]space on the right is called the workspace,

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and this is where we'll build our program.[br]To start off, you'll need to link your blocks

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to the orange "when run" block. You can link[br]multiple blocks together by dragging them

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out until you see the yellow outline, and[br]then they'll snap together. In this first

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puzzle, Hiro is Actor 1 and Baymax is Actor[br]2. We need to move Hiro to get to Baymax by

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dragging the "move right" block out and linking[br]it to the "when run" block. Once you have

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your blocks in place, hit the "Run" button[br]to see what you've programmed. Get started

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and by the end you'll be able to create your[br]own game with these amazing actors that can

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interact, score points, throw microbots, cherries,[br]saucepans, sparkles, and ice.. and vanish

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each other. It's all up to you!